Third Parties
- These are people indirectly connected to the parties but not party to the contract and include Guarantors, those who communicate or pay bills on behalf of the tenant.
- The danger of accepting rent from a third party is that if not done carefully, they become direct parties to the tenancy.
- Any tenancy needs to include the clause that such payments are received as agent for the tenant and not from the tenant to prevent the payer later arguing he has a tenancy and producing a receipt to prove it!
- Any receipt provided must be worded likewise.
- A prospective tenant can authorise anyone to sign a tenancy on their behalf.
- An agent for the landlord can also be authorised by the landlord to sign a tenancy agreement on behalf of the landlord and indeed for works to be carried out, notices to quit, etc.
Published: 11 November 2013
Last Updated: 17 November 2021